Commissioner Jose M. Diaz was born in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, where he spent his childhood and teenage years. At the age of eighteen, Mr. Diaz obtained an Associate Degree in Agriculture. Due to his great achievements and his passion for teaching, he was chosen to teach Entomology and Plant Pathology in the same school he graduated.
At the same time, he was attending University pursuing his Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture. In 1978, Mr. Diaz's father was released from jail after eight years out of thirty years of sentence for being part of an anti-communist organization against Castro's regime.
Commissioner Diaz is happily married to his wife Beatriz and they have four beautiful children who were born in the City of Sweetwater. Mr. Diaz has always been involved in our community and has worked diligently during floods helping the residents in any way possible during these natural disasters as well as in many other community affairs.
He is working tirelessly for the City of Sweetwater and with its Administration to diminish the flooding problems, improve the sport programs for our children as well as the elderly programs and to maintain our city clean and beautiful. Commissioner Diaz has been consistently voting to keep taxes low, increase employment efficiency, and supporting law enforcement fiscal and ethical responsibility,
Currently, Mr. Diaz is working as a Spanish Education teacher at the Young Women’s Preparatory Academy, a single gender public magnet school, and is also looking forward to completing his Master's Degree in Education. As a teacher he has had the opportunity to directly impact the lives of many young girls by consistently demonstrate firm, but caring discipline to get his point across. His courtesy and manners are very much appreciated by the young women when he uses his own youthful experiences in order to create a context for the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language and for native speakers. He has become a beloved father figure to the young students and uses every opportunity to teach them with social grace and charm about culture and tolerance in our multi-cultural city. Mr. Diaz was nominated “Maestro Especial” by Univision Channel 23 in 2007. Commissioner Diaz is all that a great teacher and public servant should be.